Japan - Honda opens remodelled Collection Hall
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that the Honda Collection Hall, the brand's curated museum at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Tochigi, Japan, has reopened after undergoing a thorough renovation.
The collection is arranged by era, "enabling visitors to experience the stories of dreams and challenges Honda has told across its history and allowing them to understand the unique characteristics of each period since the company's founding in 1948.
"A full-scale mock-up model of the HondaJet Elite II greets visitors in the entrance hall with the opportunity to explore the interior of the light business jet. Further immersive opportunities are dotted throughout the museum, with the latest personal mobility concept, UNI-ONE, available for visitors to test ride. Elsewhere, a new, downloadable 'storytelling' audio tour has been created, to help share stories of dreams and challenges, while detailed guided tours by knowledgeable museum staff are also available".
Honda first opened the Collection Hall in March 1998 in commemoration of the company's 50th anniversary and to convey the origin of the company to its customers - with last year marking 25 years of the facility itself.
In addition to the permanent exhibits, three times a year, under the title of 'Garage Collection', additional collections will be brought out from storage and exhibited. To commemorate the reopening, a special exhibit titled 'CB History-Part 1' is showcasing the CB series motorcycles and will run to the end of June.
This will be replaced by a feature exhibit of race replicas entitled 'NSR250R: The Pedigree of Works Racers' that documents the motorcycle racer replica boom that began in the 1980s and puts a spotlight on models with a two-stroke engine. The entire collection of NS and NSR series models owned by the Honda Collection Hall will be on display.
Finally, in October a special feature will celebrate 50 years of the Gold Wing motorcycle, the 25th anniversary of the open-top S2000 sports car, and a further featured exhibit of open-top models.
